The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.
Marina AbramovicIn real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.
Marina AbramovicThere are two kinds of loss of hope, one is the feeling when your pulse slows down and you are going to die, and there's nothing else left. The other loss of hope is when you're living in a country which becomes insecure, and you don't know what the future is. That's existential.
Marina AbramovicThere has been evolution in my work. In the beginning I was very much busy with the physical body and the limits of the physical body but that somehow naturally led me to the mental body and how I could deal with that. Stillness is so much harder, especially for three months. It was a big challenge. As a performer it is the most difficult experience one can have. And the interactive experience with the public made it even harder.
Marina Abramovic